Herman Melville,
Clarel — Part 2, Canto 10: A Halt
(1876)
“ On stones, still stones, the gospels dwell 25 In lesson meet or happier parable. Attesting here the Holy Writ-- In brook, in glen, by tomb and town In natural way avouching it-- Behold the stones! And never one 30 A lichen greens; and, turn them o'er-- No worm--no life; but, all the more, Good witnesses. ”
